A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



wife, the first in possession," 1 had two sons, John and 

 Marmaduke. John son of John de Rigmaiden in 1323 

 settled two plough-lands, &c, in Wyresdale and Gar- 

 stang upon his son Thomas and Joan his wife, together 

 with a moiety of the manor of Wyresdale and rents 

 in various townships. 9 John was still living in 1 33 I, 10 

 but Thomas was dead in 1328, and his widow Joan 

 afterwards married Robert de Culwen ; she was still 

 living in 1348. 11 Thomas left an infant son John, 12 

 who married Lettice, afterwards the wife of Richard 

 de Molyneux of Great Crosby. 13 John de Rigmaiden 

 died in 1 3 5 5 13a ; his heir was a daughter Joan, who 

 died without issue in or before 1362. 14 



Wedacre was then claimed by Thomas de Rig- 

 maiden, son of Marmaduke above named. 16 A settle- 

 ment was made by him of this moiety of the manor 

 of Wyresdale in 1366-71, the remainders being to 

 John the son of Thomas, who was to marry Margaret 

 daughter of Robert de Hornby, and in default of 

 issue to Richard, William and Peter, brothers of 

 John ; to John son of William de Bradkirk and Agnes 

 his wife, daughter of Thomas de Rigmaiden. 16 John 

 de Rigmaiden afterwards married Elizabeth, 17 and 

 dying at Wedacre in 1379 18 before his father, left 

 by her a son and heir named Thomas, who proved 

 his age in 1397. 19 Thomas Rigmaiden held the 



8 Thtse have been frequently named. 

 Isolds had a daughter Nichola, who is 

 described as her heir, and who married 

 Roger de Brockholes of Claughton. It 

 does not appear what Isolda' s name was 

 or her estate, and, as the later Rigmaidens 

 descended from her, she must have been 

 twice married. 



John de Rigmaiden and Isolda his wife 

 were defendants in 1292 ; Assize R.408, 

 m. 66. In 1303 they made a claim 

 against Hugh de Akovere concerning 

 waste; De Banco R. 14S, m. 31. They 

 appear again in 1304; Assize R. 419, 

 m. 9. In the same year Gilbert de 

 Lindsay complained that John de Rig- 

 mai-Jca, John his son and Robert de 

 Pleaslngton had cut trees in his several 

 wooifj, viz, Chapelfield in the park of 

 Arkestanheved, &c. John replied that 

 he and his wife held a wood in common 

 with Gilbert; Coram Rege R. 176, 

 m, 46 d. 



Robert de Leyburn and Isolda his wife 

 in 1311 claimed against Ingram de Gynes 

 and Christiana his wife certain services 

 demanded for a tenement in Garstang by 

 Gilbert de Lindsay and Isolda widow of 

 John de Rigmaiden; De Banco R. 185, 

 m. 57. Ten years later the Abbot of 

 Leicester demanded common of pasture 

 in Garstang, of which he alleged he had 

 been disseised by Isolda widow of John 

 de Rigmaiden and others ; ibid. 238, 

 m. 11 1 d. 



9 Final Cone, ii, 51, 55. In each case 

 one-third was said to be held of the king 

 as of his honour of Lancaster and the 

 rest of the lords of the fee. This probably 

 refers to the subdivisions of the Bras 

 moiety, John then holding one share 

 immediately and the rest as tenant of 

 Thweng and (probably) Fauconberg. See 

 also Cal. Pat. 1321-4, pp. 281, 284. 



10 He was defendant to claims by the 

 Abbot of Leicester in 1325 ; De Banco 

 R. 257, m. 123 d., i34d. About the 

 same time Christiana daughter of William 

 de Lindsay and widow of Ingram de Gynes 

 claimed a messuage in Garstang against 

 him, alleging that Isolda de Rigmaiden 

 had intruded after the death of Christiana 

 de Howath ■ ibid. 258, m. 453. John 

 de Rigmaiden, Joan his wife and others 

 were in 1328 charged with an assault by 

 Richard son of Alan de Catterall ; ibid. 

 2-5, m. 45 d. John de Rigmaiden, 

 Joan his wife and John and Roger his 

 stis, Thomas son of Marmaduke de R?- 

 maiJen, Robert de Culwen and Joan his 

 wife, William de Heaton and Anilla his 

 wife, were defendants in 1330; Ass : ze 

 R. 1400, m. 235. John son of John 

 de Rigmaiden the elder was again de- 

 fendant in 133 1 ; De Banco R. 287, 

 m. 25. 



Joan widow of John de Rigmaiden was 



a plaintiff in 1334 respecting her dower 

 in forty -two messuages, mill, &c, in 

 Garstang; ibid. 297, m. 230 d. ; 300, 

 m. 204 d. 



11 In 1328 William de Thweng claimed 

 six messuages, lands, the fourth part of a 

 mill, &c, in Garstang, against John de 

 Hornby and Joan widow of Thomas son 

 of John de Rigmaiden ; also four mes- 

 suages, &c, against Thomas son of 

 Marmaduke de Rigmaiden, &c. ; ibid. 

 27,, m. 3 1 d. 



The tine of 1323 concerning the moiety 

 rt the manor was adduced in 13 34, when 

 John son of John and Thomas de Rig- 

 maiden both being dead, Joan the widow 

 (then wife of Robert de Culwen) claimed 

 to benefit ; another John son of John 

 de Rigmaiden was one of the defendants ; 

 Coram Rege R. 297, m. 127. Joan was 

 wife of Robert de Culwen in 1 3 3 1 ; 

 De Banco R. 287, m. 25. She was again 

 a widow in 1348; ibid. 35;, m. 124 d. 



A family named Croft appears in Gar- 

 stang about this time. Isabel (or Isolda) 

 widow of William de Croft claimed 

 warranty from Ingram de Gynes and 

 Christiana his wife in 1291-2 ; ibid. 

 91, m. 129 d. ; 92, m. 146 d. William 

 de Thweng in 1332 recovered land against 

 John son of William de Croft ; ibid. 

 292, m. 537 d. 



12 John son of Thomas de Rigmaiden 

 appeared in some of the pleadings of 

 1334; ibid. 297, m. 230 d. He was 

 called to warrant by John de Lingart in 

 1336, but was under age; ibid. 305, 

 m. 339. He was again called to warrant 

 in 1348 ; ibid. 355, m. 124 d. In 

 the account of Nether Wyresdale it 

 has been shown that he held a moiety of 

 the manor in 1346. In 1 350-1 the 

 Abbot of Cockersand claimed against him 

 60 acres of moor and pasture in virtue of 

 4 oxganga of land granted by William 

 de Lancaster to his abbey and the church 

 of St, Helen of Garstang, but he answered 

 that he was jointly seised with John de 

 Coupland ; Assize R. 1444, ra. 2 d. ; 43 1, 

 m. 1. He again appears in 1352, being 

 described as the great-grandson of John 

 de Rigmaiden, whose wife was Isolda ; 

 Duchy of Lane Assize R. 1, m. 5 d. 



13 Final Cone, ii, 181. Lettice widow 

 of John de Rigmaiden died in 1387 hold- 

 ing in dower the third part of the manor 

 of Wedacre of the duke in chief by 

 knight's service and iod. a year for castle 

 ward. The heir was Thomas son and 

 heir of John de Rigmaiden (of the other 

 line, as will be seen), then twelve years 

 old and in ward to the duke ; Lanes. Inf. 

 p.m, (Chet. Soc), i, 26. The custody of 

 that third part was granted to Joan widow 

 of Thomas de Rigmaiden (he was grand- 

 father of this heir) at a rent of 20 marks ; 

 ibid. ; Dep. Keepers Rep. xl, App. 526. 



3l6 



l3a The writ of diem cL extr. ifter hit 

 death was issued 20 July 1355; Dtp. 

 Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 334. 



"Join was in possession in 1355 ti 

 daughter and heir of John de Rigmaiden, 

 she and John de Coupland contributing 

 to the aid for half a knight's fee in 

 Garstang with its members ; Feud. AaU, 

 lii, 90. 



15 In 1362, Joan having died without 

 issue, Thomas de Rigmaiden claimed from 

 the Earl of Lancaster (John of Gaunt) t 

 moiety of the manor of Wyresdale, Ac, 

 in accordance with the fine of 1323 ; De 

 Banco R. 411, m. 246 d. 



Thomas ?on of Marmaduke son of (the 

 first) John de Rigmaiden and Isolda was 

 plaintiff in 1372 respecting a further 

 part of his inheritance ; De Banco R. 444, 

 m. 351 ; 447, m. 322, 346 (where the 

 pedigree is set out fully). Marmaduke 

 was living in 1 3 1 3 (Assize R. 424, m. 2), 

 but died in or before 1321, when Iiolda 

 widow of John de Rigmaiden, calling him 

 her son, acknowledged the receipt of 

 money due from him ; Towneley MS. 

 C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), R. 46. His widow 

 probably was the Anilla who as wife of 

 William son of William de Heaton ii 

 frequently joined in the pleadings with 

 Thomas son of Marmaduke, e.g. De 

 Banco R. 257, m. 134 d. (1325). In 1338 

 Thomas gave William and Anilla a release 

 of all actions concerning his inheritance in 

 Garstang and Ellel ; Towneley, op. cit. 

 R. 5 1. Ten years later, however, Thomas 

 son of Marmaduke de Rigmaiden was 

 plaintiff against William de Heaton ; De 

 Banco R. 356, m. 369 d. The same 

 Thomas made a claim against John son 

 of Thomas de Rigmaiden (I.e. of the 

 elder line) in 1352; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 2, m. 1. 



16 Final Cone, ii, 181. 



In 1 372 Thomas de Rigmaiden claimed 

 compensation for waste from Adam the 

 Calfherd in a messuage and land demised 

 to him for ten years. The jury found 

 that Adam had thrown down a kitchen 

 and a chamber (each worth 4oi.) *od na '* 

 cut down and sold four ash trees worth 

 1 od. each, but acquitted him of the further 

 charges ; De Banco R. 448, m. 56 d. 



The writ of diem cL extr. after the 

 death of Thomas de Rigmaiden was issued 

 on 1 Feb. 1383^4; Dtp. Keeper t Rip. 

 xxxii, App. 356. Dower was in Mirch 

 assigned to his widow Joan and the custody 

 of the heir — his grandson Thomas (son of 

 John son of Thomas)— was granted to her 

 at a rent of £1 3 1 3*. id. ; Lata. /■?• P'*' 

 (Chet. Soc), i, 12; Dtp. Keeper 1 lUp- 

 xxxii, App. 357 i *lt App- 522. 



17 On this marriage his father granted 

 them lands called * YngtonthintiU 'in dw 

 vill of Garstang ; Laneu Imp pM. i, 12. 



15 Ibid. w Ibid, i, 67. 



